I’m trying to find any details on this old song ‘Polly Flockton’. It mentions South Stockton and Norton. I believe the song dates from around 1870. Does anyone know the tune and who wrote it?
Images and details courtesy of Dave Wiley.
UPDATE 2021: I have found the musical score for the song, it turns out that this was written by a German American composer E. Mack…
Picture Stockton Archive 
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My post The Fishermans Daughter I have found the musical score for the song, it turns out that this was written by a German American composer E MACK. The song is not relating to Stockton-on-Tees or Norton but Stockton and Norton in California. E MACK was a prolific writer of civil war Marches.
Dave
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John
Does this class as a sea shanty?
You may have heard it
Chris
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Dave, there is a copy of the music to “The Fisherman’s Daughter” available on line, go to
https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1870.05487/
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Thank you Cliff
I have my daughter looking at the sheet music I have downloaded. She is going to see if the words match up
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Yes Dave, the words do match up, as I tried it out on the piano. But you have to be a quick and nimble singer to get all the words in! There was a family in Stockton called Flockton, they appear in the Census records for 1871 – 1891, but I cannot see a Polly amongst the children.
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